The common marmoset, Callithrix jacchus, is a primate model for emmetropization studies. The refractive development of the marmoset eye depends on visual experience, so knowledge of the optical quality of the eye is valuable. We report on the wavefront aberrations of the marmoset eye, measured with a clinical Hartmann-Shack aberrometer (COAS, AMO Wavefront Sciences). Aberrations were measured o...

In indoor environments, having a view from a window plays an important role in human physical and psychological well-being – particularly if the view contains natural elements. In places where physical windows are absent or the view is highly artifact-dominated, virtual windows can potentially play a beneficial role. The current paper presents a research experiment on the efficacy of three mono...

To assess which features of transient monocular blindness (TMB) are associated with atherosclerotic changes in the ipsilateral internal carotid artery (ICA), 337 patients with sudden, transient monocular loss of vision were prospectively studied. History characteristics of the attack were compared with the presence of atherosclerotic lesions of the ipsilateral ICA. All patients were directly in...

Although strabismus surgery is often performed on patients with monocular anopsia, to our knowledge, strabismus surgery for patients with binocular blindness has not been reported. In this study, we reported a patient with binocular blindness whose mental quality of life (QOL) had been improved after exodeviation surgery. The patient was a 61-year-old man who had lost his vision because of seco...

To try and improve the interobserver agreement for the diagnosis of TIA, we used a checklist in which the symptoms were recorded in plain language, instead of in abstract diagnostic terms such as amaurosis fugax. Criteria for a diagnosis of TIA were similarly phrased and recommended to all observers. Eight senior neurologists and ten neurology residents interviewed 72 patients in random pairs. ...

The records of 628 patients admitted to the Joint Study of Extracranial Arterial Occlusion with transient symptoms of carotid system ischemic disease were examined to determine the accuracy of predicting disease of the extracranial internal carotid artery on the basis of clinical information alone. A patient with a history of episodes of amaurosis fugax is more likely to have a lesion of the in...

Some reports have outlined many different treatment strategies for superior oblique myokymia (SOM) that attempt to reduce or eliminate patients' symptoms of monocular oscillopsia and/or diplopia. Most treatment strategies have focused solely on oral medications or invasive surgery. The following is a current and critical review of SOM along with its clinical findings/symptoms, demographics, the...

PURPOSE To report an advanced optical procedure developed for the diagnosis of a particular case of diplopia. METHODS This approach combined the quantification of the level of intraocular scattering by using an Objective Scatter Index provided by a double-pass instrument (Optical Quality Analysis System) with the analysis of higher order aberrations using a Hartmann-Shack wavefront sensor. ...

Monocular acuity and stereopsis were assessed by preferential-looking procedures in untreated infantile esotropes. Results were compared to an age-matched normal population. Monocular PL acuity was not significantly different from normal during months 3-14 for infantile esotropes who freely alternated fixation and for the preferred eyes of unilateral infantile esotropes. PL acuity of the non-pr...

his medical record did not show any atherosclerotic vascular disease. Physical examination at admission did not reveal any bruits over either of the carotid arteries. No neurological deficits were detected. His blood pressure was 125/82 mm Hg, and his pulse rate was 72 beats/min and regular. Coagulation parameters, including antithrombin III, proDear Sir, Transient monocular blindness (TMB) or ...